Two Hermiston police officers shot and killed a bank robbery
suspect Monday afternoon after the suspect drew what witnesses said appeared to
be a black semi-automatic handgun and pointed it at the officers, Umatilla
County District Attorney Daniel Primus said.

Primus said the incident began at 3:24 p.m. when an alarm
came in from Community Bank in Hermiston. Police officers learned en route that
it was not a false alarm and witnesses reported seeing the suspect leave the
bank, cross Highway 395 and enter the Hermiston Liquor Store.

Two officers went into the store, "attempted to contact the
suspect" and fired their weapons, responding to the suspect pointing what
witnesses said appeared to be a handgun at them, Primus's statement says . The suspect
died about 7 p.m., after being taken to Good Shepard Hospital in Hermiston.